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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 213

Coal Oil Problems London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 10

The Secretary for Mines, Mr. Shinwell, was asked, in the House of Commons, if suitable oil could be produced from coal in sufficient…

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Coal Industry. The Melting Pot. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 10

It is generally agreed in the north that the State Government's Coal Control Bill, even if passed by both Houses of Parliament, will find itself ultra vires of the Commonwealth…

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S.u. Taps New Coal Resources

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

A beginning has now been made with the exploitation of the great new coal basin discovered at Karaganda, in Kasakstan. It is reckoned that the…

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Miners! Prepare for Struggle Beware the Bureaucrats. Miners’ Leaders Continue Treachery. Only the M.M. Leads

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 5

The rank and file of the Miners’ Union are calling for action against the new wage-cuts. The reactionary officials know this…

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Downed Tools Bowen Miners Active Whilst Officialdom Sleeps

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 5

Immediately the Queensland Arbitration Court handed their latest 10% wage cut the miners in the Bowen Field under the leadership of the M.M…

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Shale Report Available This Week Will Mines Start?

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 6

It was learned yesterday that the report of the special committee appointed to inquire into the shale deposits of the State would in all…

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What Miners Are Paying for Condemned by Its Own Director Who Controls the Labor Daily?

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 5

Ostensibly the “Labor Daily” is controlled by the respective share-holding unions, but in actual practice the bureaucracy are the only persons who…

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Interstate Mines Capital Increased

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 15

At an adjourned extraordinary meeting in Melbourne yesterday, telegraphs our Mclbourno correspondent, shareholders in Interstate Mines and Petroleum, N.L., agreed to increase…

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Interstate News Mining Disaster

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 2

The worst disaster in the St. Marya district (Tas.) occurred at Seymour colliery last week, when four men were killed by an explosion. They were John…

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Coal Industry. Orders and Agitators. II

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 12

The fear must always be that industrial disputes will prove solid obstacles in the way of attempts to reconstruct the coal industry on a firm basis. Since the end of the long…

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Mining Sales in London (Special Service)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 12

LONDON. Friday. -- Sales ol shares in mining companies yesterday listed on the London Stock Exchange Included: -- Sons of Gwalia. 41½; South Kalguril, 113¾; Lake…

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The Tyranny of Gold Finance Profits "Both Ways"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 9

The British Chancellor of the Ex-chequer (Phillip Snowden) recently issued a statement showing the principal holdings of the world's gold as…

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U.S. Gold Backing For Every Dollar WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 7

That the United States has the largest amount of monetary gold ever held by any country is revealed by the Federal Reserve Bank…

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Coal-oil Report Received to Be Published Soon Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 6

In regard to the production of oil fuel from coal, the Government arranged last year for Dr. A. C. D. Rivett, Chief Executive Officer of the…

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9-Ounce Slug of Gold At Creswick MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 1

Two unemployed men prospecting at Creswick yesterday, found a nine ounce slug of gold, valued at £44, in a shaft 14 feet deep. This brings the total…

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Prospecting for Gold a Valuable Handbook for Seekers of Treasure

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 9

Messrs. Angus and Robortson, the well-known publishers of Castlereagh-st., Sydney, have just issued a book that comes before the public at a most…

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French Gold Loan London Interest In Page's Plan LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 1

DR. Earle Page's suggestion of the possibility of Australian obtaining a gold loan of £15,000,000 from France is being…

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World's Gold. United States Holds 42 Per Cent. WASHINGTON, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 13

The Federal Reserve Bank has revealed that the United States is holding the largest amount of monetary gold ever hold by any country; The United States possesses more…

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Largest Ever U.S.A. Gold Holding New York, March 20

The Sun · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 5

The Federal Reserve Bank reports that the United States now has gold holdings totalling 4,685,000,000 dollars, the largest amount of…

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Search for Gold Futile Prospecting Drastic Change Needed (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 8

Sir.--I would like to draw the attention of the general public to the manner in which public money is being expended in the search for gold in New…

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